More precisely, the old contents of the nicknames files are part of the user's mail box.
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Cynicalgeek [mailto:cynicalg...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: An observation on moving users to new machines I learned long ago to always copy the NK2 file. Users think it's their address book. BTW, Microsoft finally wised up and includes it in the PST file now. There is no NK2 file with current versions of Outlook. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com<mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com>> wrote: +1 We had one technology-shy remote sales geek who came close to a full-on stroke when we delivered his new laptop without it. It's the only way he kept a record of his email contacts. We remedied the situation (probably temporarily) by finding it, transferring the contents to his Contacts folder, and doing some training. Kurt On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 19:04, Richard Stovall <rich...@gmail.com<mailto:rich...@gmail.com>> wrote: > You know the one thing people want the most from their old profiles when > moving to a new machine? > > Documents? Nope. > > Pictures? Nope. > > Super important company information? Nope. > > Their .nk2 files from Outlook? Yep. That's what they want the most. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- -cynicalgeek- cynicalgeek<at>gmail.com<http://gmail.com> -- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin